Hanwell Town
ALLIED COUNTIES SUBSIDIARY CUP QUARTER-FINAL
Monday 14th April 2008
Hanwell Town (3) 4 aet 4
Oxford City (3) 4 aet 4 (Forbes 3, 37, 71, Veal 6)
Hanwell won 6-5 on penalties
Oxford City bowed out of the Subsidiary Cup at the quarter-final stage at the end of a long evening at Hanwell.
Anyone seeing that the game ended 4-4 and was only decided on the 9th penalty of the shoot-out will imagine that this was a classic. In fact, the ball spent far too long up in the air, and the whistle sounded far too often, for this to be the case. There was no shortage of effort from all of the players on view but quality was at a premium throughout.
City looked to have sewn the game up in the first six minutes – first Corey Forbes slotted home from Lawrence El-Kassir’s pass, then Forbes set up Rhys Veal for the second. However, City relaxed and Hanwell pulled a goal back in the 12th minute after a good passing move, and were on level terms just after the half-hour from a free-kick.
City restored their lead within a minute as Forbes ran on to a long clearance to finish coolly, but two minutes later Hanwell equalised again from a corner.
City were on top for much of the second half but could not translate their pressure into a goal until Forbes completed his hat-trick with an excellent free-kick from the edge of the penalty area in the 71st minute. Hanwell were content to play long balls and shoot from long range and it looked like City would hold on, until a right-wing cross found a Hanwell substitute unmarked in the 84th minute.
Forbes hit the bar twice in extra time and Kyle Harris seemed to be denied a clear penalty, but there was no addition to the score.
Alex Williams saved two of the first five penalties (as well as managing to score one later on), but City also missed two of theirs. The two teams continued to match each other goal for goal and miss for miss until Hanwell won it on the 9th penalty.
Team: Alex Williams (capt) – James Harris, Simon Reeves, Mitchell Meredith, Craig Duncan – Kyle Harris, Lawrence El-Kassir (sub Richard Higgs 50 min), Luke Carnell, Kieran Collins (sub Alex Eadle 85 min) – Rhys Veal, Corey Forbes
Monday 14th April 2008
Hanwell Town (3) 4 aet 4
Oxford City (3) 4 aet 4 (Forbes 3, 37, 71, Veal 6)
Hanwell won 6-5 on penalties
Oxford City bowed out of the Subsidiary Cup at the quarter-final stage at the end of a long evening at Hanwell.
Anyone seeing that the game ended 4-4 and was only decided on the 9th penalty of the shoot-out will imagine that this was a classic. In fact, the ball spent far too long up in the air, and the whistle sounded far too often, for this to be the case. There was no shortage of effort from all of the players on view but quality was at a premium throughout.
City looked to have sewn the game up in the first six minutes – first Corey Forbes slotted home from Lawrence El-Kassir’s pass, then Forbes set up Rhys Veal for the second. However, City relaxed and Hanwell pulled a goal back in the 12th minute after a good passing move, and were on level terms just after the half-hour from a free-kick.
City restored their lead within a minute as Forbes ran on to a long clearance to finish coolly, but two minutes later Hanwell equalised again from a corner.
City were on top for much of the second half but could not translate their pressure into a goal until Forbes completed his hat-trick with an excellent free-kick from the edge of the penalty area in the 71st minute. Hanwell were content to play long balls and shoot from long range and it looked like City would hold on, until a right-wing cross found a Hanwell substitute unmarked in the 84th minute.
Forbes hit the bar twice in extra time and Kyle Harris seemed to be denied a clear penalty, but there was no addition to the score.
Alex Williams saved two of the first five penalties (as well as managing to score one later on), but City also missed two of theirs. The two teams continued to match each other goal for goal and miss for miss until Hanwell won it on the 9th penalty.
Team: Alex Williams (capt) – James Harris, Simon Reeves, Mitchell Meredith, Craig Duncan – Kyle Harris, Lawrence El-Kassir (sub Richard Higgs 50 min), Luke Carnell, Kieran Collins (sub Alex Eadle 85 min) – Rhys Veal, Corey Forbes
posted by Julian at Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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